Environmental governance in Europe
Subtitle: a comparative analysis of new environmental policy instruments
By: Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel, Anthony R. Zito, Andrew J. Jordan
Contributors: Zito, Anthony R., 1966- author; Jordan, Andrew, 1968- author
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781849804660
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Environmental policy; Environmental law; Umweltpolitik
Description: European governance has allegedly witnessed dramatic changes in recent decades. This text analyses whether traditional forms of top-down government have given way to less hierarchical governance instruments which rely heavily on societal self-steering and/or market forces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Environmental policy : from government to governance? --; title: Governing by policy instruments : theories and analytical concepts --; title: Changing institutional contexts for the use of policy instruments --; title: Governing by informational means --; title: Governing by voluntary means --; title: Governing by eco-taxes --; title: Governing by emissions trading --; title: Changing patterns of environmental policy instrument use --; title: Out with the "old" and in with the "new"? : governing with policy instruments.